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Algoma Moves To End Creditor Protection

06 August 2018 - After operating under creditor protection for more than two and a half years, Canada’s Algoma might be set to emerge under new ownership.

Steelworkers Approve New Labor Deal At Ohio Mill

06 August 2018 - A United Steelworkers local has ratified a six-year labor agreement with Pennsylvania-based Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc., the company said Monday.

AISI Throws Support Behind Emissions Standards Rewrite

06 August 2018 - The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) said it welcomes the Trump administration’s plan to revise fuel economy standards for cars and trucks.

New Twist Develops in Long-Planned Minnesota Mine Project

03 August 2018 - The former Essar Steel Minnesota taconite project faces new uncertainty as a dispute over the project’s ownership has arisen, according to reports.

Acquisition Expands Boomerang Tube’s Processing Capabilities

02 August 2018 - Texas-based oil country tubular goods maker Boomerang Tube LLC has acquired nearby casings processor Southern Tube LLC for an undisclosed amount, the company has announced.

INBLIC Technologies Partners With GE Digital on Software Solution

30 July 2018 - Mexico’s INBLIC Technologies has signed an agreement allowing it to resell GE Digital’s suite of asset performance management software, the company has announced.

Trump: 'The Days of Plundering American Jobs ... Are Over'

27 July 2018 - In his effort to prop up American steelmaking, President Donald Trump has pointed to United States Steel Corporation and the restart of its Granite City blast furnaces as an example of his trade policy success.

Nucor Lays Bet on New Electroplating Process

27 July 2018 - Nucor Corp. is investing in a start-up company developing a chrome-plating process that substitutes toxic hexavalent chromium for a trivalent chromium, its safer form.

NAFTA Talks Ready to Resume, Mexican Official Says

27 July 2018 - Mexican Economy Secretary Ildefonso Guajardo said that his country and the U.S. are ready to pick up stalled negotiations on revisions to the North American Free Trade Agreement, according to the Reuters news service.

U.S., EU Hope to 'Resolve' Steel Tariffs

26 July 2018 - U.S. President Donald Trump and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker announced Wednesday that the two economies would work toward removing tariffs on industrial and goods and “resolve” the 25% steel tariffs imposed by the U.S.

Red Bud Industries Lands Order for Coil Processing Line

25 July 2018 - Red Bud Industries has won an order for a 60-inch, high-speed slitting line from an Illinois-based service center, the coil processing equipment manufacturer has announced.

Steel Dynamics Working on Deal for Idled Mill in Kentucky

24 July 2018 - Steel Dynamics Inc. is planning to acquire a shuttered bar mill in Kentucky, chief executive Mark Millett said Tuesday.

Timken Expands Power Transmission Business With Cone Drive Acquisition

24 July 2018 - The Timken Co. is acquiring precision drives manufacturer Cone Drive for an undisclosed amount, it announced on Tuesday.

Steelworkers, ArcelorMittal Get to Work on New Contract

24 July 2018 - Despite the overall health of the steel industry, the United Steelworkers union and ArcelorMittal USA appear to have some difficult bargaining sessions ahead of them as they begin work on a new labor contract, reports The Times newspaper of northwest Indiana.

Cleveland-Cliffs Expects Heavier Iron Ore Pellet Sales

23 July 2018 - Iron ore miner Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. has revised up its full-year sales forecast, saying that it now expects to sell 21 million long tons’ worth of pellets on account of healthy demand.

Ohio Steel Processor Announces Expansion

23 July 2018 - Coil processor Fulton County Processing will add a fourth slitting line to its Delta, Ohio, facility, increasing its overall capacity to 1.2 million tons annually, the company has announced.

VW ready to boost U.S.-sourced steel at Chattanooga plant

20 July 2018 - Dean Geanacopoulos, Volkswagen Group of America (VWGoA) senior executive vice president of public affairs and public policy, said the company is planning to increase their use of steel produced in the United States at its Chattanooga production plant.

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